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An infant with very short limbs(Glebe Syndrome)

Grebe syndrome is a recessively inherited acromesomelic dysplasia. We studied clinically and radigraphically, a 5 months old infant, originated from Tehran, Iran. The phenotype is characterized by a normal axial skeleton and severely shortened and deformed limbs. Upper and lower limbs were very short and in radiography humerus and femur were relatively normal, the ulna was absent and a short deformed radius was seen, also tibia and fibula were not seen. Several joints of carpus, tarsus, hand, and foot were absent.